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...passed in September 1973 is similar in intent to the "Buckley amendment" passed by the U.S. Senate which extends the right of access to college and university students. About 20 states have similar legislation, although the scope of the laws varies...
Seventy-eight of those days have passed, meaning that a week from next Tuesday, Sen. James F. Buckley's (R-N.Y.) fabled-and-faulted "files bill" will break the seals on those inscrutable, hitherto-unpenetrated mysteries--Harvard students' confidential folders...
...Buckley amendment," as it has come to be known--critics call it the "bumbling amendment"--has attracted more attention than the average rider tacked onto annual educational appropriation acts...
...which was something of a surprise to the amendment's authors. "We never expected schools like Harvard to react so strenuously over a move to protect the civil rights of students," John Kwapisz, legislative aide to Buckley, says with a tinge of bitterness in his voice...
Harvard officials, in all of their meetings held in September and October to decide upon compliance and guidelines, made a point of attacking Buckley for both the way the bill was passed and the way the bill was written...